Onyejeme Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Onyejeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Onyejeme (11) may also be a first name.
Onyejeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyejeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onyejeme occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyejeme? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname Onyejeme is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyejeme reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyejeme is also the 3,487,849th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
Onyejeme is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 40 percent are found, Lagos, where 26 percent are found and Edo, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Onyejeme occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyejieme | 94 | 35 | / |
| Onyejeeme | 94 | 3 | / |
| Onyecheme | 82 | 25 | / |
| Onyejiemi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Onyieme | 80 | 25 | / |
| Onyeame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oniyeme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onojaeme | 75 | 10 | / |
| Onyejama | 75 | 3 | / |
| Onyeyemi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Onyechema | 71 | 2 | / |
| Onyechime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hoenyeame | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hounyieme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyeama | 67 | 2,390 | / |
| Oniyemi | 67 | 60 | / |
| Unyieme | 67 | 53 | / |
| Aniyeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onjeama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onjeima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyeami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uniyeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyiemi | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Onyejeme
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